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ENVIRONS OF EDINBURGH.
HAWTHORNDEN AfTD ROSLIN.
Days of Admission.—Hawthornden is open to strangers on Wednes¬
day only. Admission on any other day can only be had by order of
the proprietor. The house is not shown. The guide’s charge for describ¬
ing the caves, etc., is 6d. each, or 2s. 6d. for a party not exceeding six.
Visitors are admitted by the Hawthomden gate only, and are allowed to
proceed to Roslin through the grounds, but there is no admittance the
reverse way.
Roslin.—Roslin Chapel is exhibited every day except Sunday. The
guide’s charge is the same as at Hawthornden—6d. each, or 2s. 6d. for a
party not exceeding six. The charge is repeated by the guide who shows
the Castle.
Hawthornden being open to strangers only on Wednesdays, and Dal¬
keith Palace only on Wednesdays and Saturdays, Wednesday is the only
day upon which all the three places can be seen, and tourists will therefore
endeavour to devote the day to this purpose. If taken in this way, it is,
necessary to go first to Hawthomden before going to Roslin, as visitors
are not admitted the reverse way.
During summer, a coach leaves 4 Princes Street for Roslin in the
morning, returning in the afternoon, and the Peebles Railway has stations
within a mile of either place. For time of trains, see Time Tables.
If the Roslin coach should be full, there is another to Loanhead, which
is within a mile and a half of Roslin. Another way is to go by rail to
Dalkeith, and, after seeing the park, walk or take a car to Lasswade,
about 2 miles, and thence to Hawthomden, about 1J miles, and walk
through the grounds to Roslin, other miles. The best plan for a party
is to hire an open cab for their own use. Charge for a one-horse vehicle
(holding four persons) to Hawthornden and Roslin, allowing two or three
hours there, 12s. Tolls and keep of horse and man being defrayed by
the party ftiring.
There is a small inn with stabling at Roslin.
Hawthornden, the classical habitation of the poet Drum¬
mond, the friend of Shakspere and Jonson, is now the property
of Sir James Walker Drummond, Bart.